bread book utopia

… is a few more bread books! I’ve been checking out a few bread books on line and adding them to my mental Christmas wishlist.  It’s probably time to start dropping a few hints here and there to my nearest and dearest, as well as thinking about which recipe books my family and friends would [...]

Now I love my bread books and I’m not keen to part with them, but to be honest I don’t usually pay top-dollar for them either.  Just lately when I’ve been browsing for new bread books I’ve found some ridiculously high prices on second hand books that make me gasp (or giggle, depending on my [...]

The bread book by Linda Collister This is The bread book as created by baker Linda Collister and photographer Anthony Blake.  The bread recipes are from all around the world and are accompanied by anecdotes and special details from the bakers who shared their recipes and history with the bread. Add to this more than [...]

The bread machine cookbook III by Donna Rathmell German The recipes in this bread book are spread across a range of flavors and tastes: white and whole grain breads, fruit and vegetable breads, sourdough, as well as spice, herb, coffee cake and dough cycle breads. The bread machine cookbook III continues to add interesting and [...]

Bread in half the time by Linda West Eckhardt and Diani Collingwood Butts This is ‘the’ bread book on using your microwave oven to speed up the rising process and thus reduce the time taken to make bread from start to finish.  It is a massive book and loaded with clear illustrations and instructions on [...]

The bread machine cookbook II by Donna Rathmell German This is Donna Rathmell German’s second book in her bread machine series.  It covers a wide range of flavors – such as honey bread, corny bread, pepperoni bread, and apple oatmeal raisin bread, to name a few. This book moves on from the basics (as provided [...]

Breads from the La Brea Bakery by Nancy Silverton This bread book is based on a classic method of creating bread with a natural yeast starter. It is not about a quick glance at a recipe and throwing a few ingredients together, but understanding the process well first and then embarking on a bread making [...]

The bread machine cookbook by Donna Rathmell German In the early 1990s, Donna Rathmell German produced a series of six bread machine books, plus one with Ed Wood. The bread machine cookbook (1991, revised 2005) The bread machine cookbook II (1991) The bread machine cookbook III (1992) The bread machine cookbook IV: whole grains and [...]

Artisan bread in five minutes a day by Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertzberg It’s such an appealing concept. Bread like it was made by a masterchef, but made by you! Bread like it took a lifetime of learning mysterious skills, but made in five minutes of effort from a simple recipe. It’s a bread-making phenomon [...]

The bread bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum When this bread book came out in 2003 it created a storm.  It polarised people into lovers or haters of the Beranbaum approach to bread making.  The lovers bought it for their friends to spread the love ever-wider; the haters used it as a doorstop rather than inflict [...]